Yes I still have the
guitar, and I played it in the mission office with the assistants and
president, just so you know that it is approved.
Keyboards
in Switzerland are almost the same as they are in the states, but the y
and the z are switched, and there are a lot more symbol keys to do
léttèrs wïth äcçènts, and the things like the ? ' and ! are in different
places. Also I got used to the french keyboards which are even more
different than the swiss ones.
No
we are in the same time zone, but we go to the church in Bienne in the
morning to do emails, we study on the train, and do the rest of our
studies at church. The other Elders take the computer at the neuchâtel
ward so, we go here: Then the german elders just came by... so it looks
like there isn't enough room for the both of us. They said they would
come back in an hour or so, so that was nice of them.
After
this, we do our shopping in Bienne (because for some reason the shops
are closed until 1 in Neuchatel) Grab lunch and get back to Neuchatel
around 1 oclock to play soccer with the other equipe of missionaries.
That's what we did last p-day anyway. It seemed to work. Did you know
that I love playing soccer now? I suck, but it is way fun. Maybe it
is because I don't get winded after 2 minutes, or I have no other video
games or what have you. I really like it though. Today some other
missionaries are coming for exchanges, so we are all going to play
together today. If the weather holds up. it snowed last night, but
there was snow the last time, and we just borrowed a shovel from a
catholic church and shoveled the field (it was an astro-turf field)
I
have yet to try any uniquely swiss cheese, but I here Racclete was
invented here, and I loved it in france, so maybe we'll have to see how
that is. By the way, the kebabs here, way expensive (8 franks is really
reasonable compared to 4 euros in France) However, they kick butt
compared to France's kebabs, holy cow, they are unbelievable, and less
greasy and more veggies inside. They are almost like the gyros mother
would get at crown burger, but mixed with that kebab magic.
Yes
we have a phone. We didn't have one when we got here because it was
waiting for us in the apartment, that's the only reason we didn't get
it when we arrived.
Communication was pretty limited between other Elders in France, and it
is pretty much all cut off here, because it is too expensive to call
international, it isn't on our phone budget, so no talking with anyone
in France. In our district, I am the only American (Well E Sorhaitz
has a french passport, but he is American in every other way, his dad
is french, but he didn't even speak french before the mission. In my
zone, I am one of ... two Americans, so it is a little different.
French swiss is split into two stakes, Lausan stake which is everywhere
in french speaking swiss except Geneva, and Geneva stake which also
includes a few French wards like Annecy and Animace etc.I love
switzerland, but I kinda miss France. I like a lot of things more here
like how swiss people are actually proud to be swiss, and they believe
in God, unlike the French, but I feel like France has a charm and warmth
to it. The people here are... like i said proud, which isn't all bad,
but I feel as though the people of france are starting to be humbled
because of the bad economy and the crummy state that many are living in.
Here, they are not humble, but I've noticed people are still more religious... I don't know it is hard to explain.
Because
of E Ihalmo's extra studies, we just do them all in one go in the
morning (whereas elsewhere we would spread them through the day) this
takes us to 12 to get all the studies done, then we eat, and take the
train and are in Bienne from about 1:45- 2 till our train to come home
at 8:19 or 8:52 We usually eat late, though, when we are really hungry
during the day, we'll grab a cheap sandwich from a grocery store, or a
kebab.
Yes
E ihalmo and I sleep in the same room. The other elders have their own
room as well. And we even have our own walk-in closet, nice apartment.
In
church when there were 17 people, we taught priesthood, then class des
amis, then blessed the sacrament, so yeah, we did a lot ha ah. There
were a good 30 or so this week, so that is good, getting better.
Gervain and Lara are both progressing great, and are
so ready to be baptized, the only problem is that the font is in
Neuchatel, and there is an activity there that night, so we have to
organize things around that.
There are
miracles happening every day. We saw a member family yesterday who fed
us delicious African food, and then gave us six families to go pass
and teach, so there should be some new amis rolling in soon. I love it
here in Bienne. Lots of stuff is in German, but there is still lots of
French speakers who are searching for the truth... Mostly the Africans
because all the white people are german speaking ha ha, but Lara is Italian, so yeah, there are a lot of Italians as well who choose to go
with French because it comes easier to them than German. anyway, tote
zeins to yah, I'll try to send pics. No promises, this comp is kinda
old, but I'll see what I can do.
Love
you so much, keep the faith, the gospel is awesome I LOVE THE LORD!
CIao, Arividercci, aufweiterzheine (however you spell that)
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